As the sun sets, setting vacant clouds ablaze, tired watchmen grudgingly climb to their posts to watch for intruders. The town of Merton, surrounded by mountains and accessible only by the narrow road going through it and across said mountains, grows quiet. Most inhabitants prepare for a night's rest. A portion though, desiring more excitement in their lives, can be found at the Black Turtle - the local pub and inn. Two merchants are brawling in a corner. Locals and visitors are yelling in semi-serious drunken tones. The barkeep watches and smiles. For him, this is a very profitable night.

Seated at a grand table, but alone so far, is Aziz. He steadily sips at his third...or was it fourth glass of ale and considers going for wine. This is when he is joined by another man, who clumsily hauls his mug and slumps upon the neighouring chair.

Said man has a most intriguing and intimidating appearance, with not a scrap of skin visible. They're covered from head to toe in green leather and plated armour, and even going so far as to conceal their lower face with a grotesque mask. To top it off, a rice hat rests on their head, making yellow eyes and a glimpse of silver hair their only visible features.

They place the mug of ale down on the table and give a cursory glance from side to side, then lean in towards Aziz, whispering, "... Hey buddy, I heard you were a farmer."

Their voice is neither warm nor cold, and neither high nor deep; it's hard to distinguish if there is any deeper meaning to their words.

Aziz finishes off his ale and gives the man a look. "Yeah I'm a farmer. Just yesterday I cultivated your mother." He replies with a hearty and mocking laugh.

The armoured man slams their fist onto the table, shaking the half-finished pint of ale. "Mate," he says, in the same tone as before, "I will fuck you up."

Aziz acts out a wise smile."One must question his sought goal, and avoid delusions."after a break of few seconds, he continues. "You think you seek to fuck me up. But really, you might be seeking to get fucked!"

Aziz 's face contorts like slime in a wide grin.

A few of the surrounding customers hear this and cheer.

[7:41 PM] Flan: now I need to think of a witty comeback[7:41 PM] Flan: fuck[7:41 PM] Flan: shit[7:41 PM] Flan: uuuh[7:42 PM] Flan: 5 hours later[7:43 PM] Spriter: dude can you move it along[7:43 PM] Spriter: i'm all out of time cards[7:44 PM] Flan: i cant think of a good insult fuck

Snorting, the man responds with a tinge of anger, "Projecting your own desires onto others, when a woman would sooner fuck the swine on your lands than someone with a face like yours?"

Aziz slams his fists upon the table. "How dare you!" flames rise in his eyes. A moment later he clumsily signals for two drinks. "You wanna fight me, lad?"

Aziz: "Let's fight...by booze."

Fire blazes in the eyes of the man. In a single motion, he pulls his mug of ale from the table and finishes it off in one swig, slamming it back onto the table after.

"You're on, pigface."

The bartender himself, loving these "fights" , cheers. The bar quiets down in noise and unifies with his cheer in moments. Drinks are served with more waiting.

Aziz grabs both his new mug and the man's , instantly emptying them both in the slyest of grins. "Pretty sure you're down, boogyboy."

The man says nothing, one of his hands clenching into a fist in anger. After a few moments of respite, he signals for three drinks, then changes to four quickly after.

Aziz winks to the bartender, he quickly runs off with a smile on his face.

He shortly returns with a small barrel and places it before Aziz, who clasps his hands.

Aziz: "You're up first." Aziz simply says, stretching syllables.

The crowd is going wild.

The bartender returns with a set of four drinks, as requested. The moment they hit the table, Aziz is already feasting upon the barrel with surprising elegance.

Aziz puts down the barrel and passes it to the man.

Aziz: "You're up" He says.

Yin closes their eyes for a second, calming himself with the thought that Aziz' slurred speech and clumsy actions are a sign of his soon-to-be intoxication, then downing the four drinks in the same time it took Aziz to down two.

Aziz is staring at the man expectantly.

The man takes the barrel, but wary of Aziz' antics takes a peek inside first. The fucker might have downed the whole lot.

A single drop shimmers within.

[8:12 PM] Flan: 20:10 - Flan: The bartender himself, loving these "fights" , cheers. The bar quiets down in noise and unifies with his cheer in moments. Drinks are served with more waiting.

Aziz grabs both his new mug and the man's , instantly emptying them both in the slyest of grins. "Pretty sure you're down, boogyboy."20:10 - Flan: HOW CAN I CONTEND WITH THIS20:11 - PureQuestion: is that mmx20:11 - Flan: mmx is aziz20:11 - PureQuestion: i refuse to believe20:11 - PureQuestion: mmx isn't supposed to be able to type[8:12 PM] Spriter: BELIEVE IT[8:13 PM] Flan: OH MY GOD[8:13 PM] Flan: DID I JUST GET FUCKED[8:13 PM] Flan: oh man[8:13 PM] Spriter: HAHAHAHAHAHA[8:13 PM] ShadowSpectre: mmx: 4, flan 0

Yin instantly tosses the near empty barrel at Aziz with full force.

The crowd gathers around Aziz, who is barely sitting by now. One of the crowd who leaned far too much on the table is hit by the barrel.

The crowd rises up and grabs the strange man roughly at this.

"What the fuck are you doing?!" people shout angrily.

Aziz gives the man a mean look. "Quite dishonourable..." He stutters.People begin punching them in the face.

The barman is trying to calm the mob, but to no avail.

Aziz slithers down below the table, a grin still on his face. Experience has taught him this is the best course of action.

A massive armoured figure suddenly slams a spearlike weapon into the ground through the table, resulting in a massive smashing crack.

The crowd is silence. The armoured figure appeared out of nowhere; the barman is terrified but holding his breath in anticipation.

"Right," the deep, echoey voice from within the helmet rasps. "Put the stupid shit down."

Aziz immediately gets up from beneath the table, his grin gone.

Yin pushes their way through the brawling mob, brushing off any blows that come his way. He completely ignores the armoured figure as he heads for the exit, not in the mood to deal with any more shit right now.

Aziz glances at the man. Then at the escaping Yin. Then at the armored man again. With a wink to the bartender he laso heads for the exit...barely walking however.

Malakai the Glaive removes the weapon from the ground and nods at the barman, returning to his corner. The crowd is at a loss for what to do.

It takes around thirty seconds for someone to realize Aziz is outside of the bar. The crowd begins rushing to the exit to see what the trickster will do next.

No fights break out, as if they were a single body.

Outside of the bar, Aziz yells at Yin. "Hey buddy! Catch" Before throwing a shimmering object at him. Aside from slightly sloppy drunken aim, it is not a violent throw and the object slowly heads for Yin.

Yin doesn't seem to move in any way, but the object halts in midair before their body and pivots round to their front, allowing the man to inspect the object.

Deadliar - Today at 1:51 AMhyped for refrax final release.Aquamancia - Today at 1:51 AMmy body is more than readyDeadliar - Today at 1:51 AMi'm just sad that everyone is going to play that guy that can summon his own bosspeople ruin everythingAquamancia - Today at 1:52 AMpeople are gonna say that dude's op from day 1Deadliar - Today at 1:52 AMthen the nerfs hit"its just a huge hitbox now wtf"people are gonna move on to the melee guythen i will lose my nicheit always happensDrThunderous - Today at 1:53 AMand the craziest update of all...when you turn paste it won't look like shit!!!Deadliar - Today at 1:54 AM hahaDeadliar - Today at 1:58 AMrefrax characters for those not in betashmup - incredible power but dies in one hitsentinel - blocks bullets with shields and barriers, slow attacksovertaker - absorbs powers of bosses, cappedeliminator - fast, powerful, can phase through bullets with a dash, melee onlyrebel - summons own boss, otherwise limited to pea shooterAquamancia - Today at 2:00 AMand then comes the mmo, galaxy of fraxycraftDeadliar - Today at 2:00 AMpffeveryone will still play rebelcasual scumAquamancia - Today at 2:01 AMwell yeah, rebel is way too goodDrThunderous - Today at 2:01 AMyou forgot about the super extremely powerful character that is so slow to a point that its unusableDeadliar - Today at 2:01 AMthats the sentinelhe gets a comeback in fraxycraft thoughshields alliesAquamancia - Today at 2:01 AMshame sentinel will never get the buff it needsDeadliar - Today at 2:01 AMbecomes a must in all raidsAquamancia - Today at 2:02 AMhe's very good against the hibachis in that one raidi swear it was designed for sentinels in mindDeadliar - Today at 2:02 AMmanall this talk of sentinelsbut no one mentions the cocky eliminator playersthey always get too closeand boomDrThunderous - Today at 2:03 AMbut the only thing is thats the only point where its usefulAquamancia - Today at 2:03 AMeliminator has the best DPS if the person playing knows what they're doingDeadliar - Today at 2:03 AMno one ever does though>ill just get close to this boss for dps>boss fires attack>either dash into boss or die or dash away, literally phasing right into the bulletssaw it so many timesDrThunderous - Today at 2:04 AMyou also forgot about the character type that is rewarded for doing stupid thingsAquamancia - Today at 2:04 AMyeah it's so dumbDrThunderous - Today at 2:04 AMlike getting close to enemy bulletsdangerously closeit draws power from themAquamancia - Today at 2:04 AMovertaker is love and lifeDeadliar - Today at 2:04 AMthat was only in closed betait was removed because of toxic playssome people still enable the juicer in private games though"juicer/shmup only raid runs join now"ah, the good daysAquamancia - Today at 2:06 AMmaining shmup is all I do nowDeadliar - Today at 2:06 AMoh man that reminds me of the best boss in fraxycraftyou fight it for several minutes and then it just instakills everything with a giant laserAquamancia - Today at 2:07 AMnastiest DPS race, I swearDrThunderous - Today at 2:07 AMi thought fraxycraft wasnt releasedDeadliar - Today at 2:07 AMman aquaeven eliminator can take a hitDrThunderous - Today at 2:07 AMhow did you get a leaked copy???Deadliar - Today at 2:07 AMgoing shmup is overratedits currently in open beta drtAquamancia - Today at 2:07 AMi'm a tryhard, dont judgeDeadliar - Today at 2:07 AMhahahaharebel vs shmup 1v1 lets goAquamancia - Today at 2:08 AMo ur on now m80Rumia - Today at 2:08 AMreads upWait wutDeadliar - Today at 2:09 AMikrwhen i saw the rebel nerfs i was also very upsethe's still ok if you know your stuff thoughAquamancia - Today at 2:09 AMrebel nerf was a bad dayDeadliar - Today at 2:09 AMidk. Sure he lost that base power, but if you do everything right he's actually better than before.Aquamancia - Today at 2:10 AMhuh, might have to try him out againDrThunderous - Today at 2:10 AMwell yea because people would go into the editor and make boss summons that were borderline unbeatableDeadliar - Today at 2:10 AMThe key is to prepare at least two attacks in advancethey combo together remembermost players are used to old rebel and just spamdrt what, enough with the closed beta stuffAquamancia - Today at 2:10 AMmaybe i can solo reactor-00 revenge part 2 if I make this rebel setup rightDeadliar - Today at 2:10 AMdon't you know that all bosses have to be approvedDrThunderous - Today at 2:11 AMpeople find ways to cheat the systemDeadliar - Today at 2:11 AMit can also be incredibly funnyDrThunderous - Today at 2:11 AMthey hide parts so that the boss appears balanced and easily killedDeadliar - Today at 2:11 AMlike restricting a class entirelyi once played a boss that would fire off undodgable homing lasers....DrThunderous - Today at 2:12 AMbut then it brings out some bullshit rolling panel attack thats undodgeableDeadliar - Today at 2:12 AMonly at rebelsit was a good laughsix people entering, rebels get fucked and only two leftfeels gudHave you heard about the upcoming eliminator buffthey're gonna give him energy waves or somethingAquamancia - Today at 2:13 AMwell at least they'll have a ranged attack now :xDrThunderous - Today at 2:14 AMdoesnt that sort of throw off the balance"this character is all about close range but hes long range now!!"Deadliar - Today at 2:14 AMupdate notes say-Eliminator can now charge his blade, it deals low damage but if it hits he can teleport to the hit enemy.I can already see the people porting straight into attacks, dammit.its funny because overtaker can teleport around as much as he wants if he absorbs the right bossDrThunderous - Today at 2:16 AMreminds me of when people hacked that one op char into ranked matchesthe one thats supposed to be private/unranked exclusiveDeadliar - Today at 2:16 AMthe juicer orDrThunderous - Today at 2:17 AMno it was differentit was like the "corrupter" or somethingor maybe noti'm fairly sure it started with a cDeadliar - Today at 2:18 AMohI heard about this, its the one that could turn minor bosses into allies for a whileis that itDrThunderous - Today at 2:19 AMuh i think?it had something to do with stealing boss enemies instantlyDeadliar - Today at 2:19 AMaqua help us out hereDrThunderous - Today at 2:20 AMthere was hardly a method to beat ityou essentially had to hope your opponent fucked upand gave you a way to kill himDeadliar - Today at 2:20 AMyou could just play the rebel thoughfight fire with fireunlessit actually counts the rebel's summon as a boss enemyin that case, holy shitDrThunderous - Today at 2:21 AMcouldnt he steal rebel bosses too?i think it took longer but he couldDeadliar - Today at 2:21 AM/balanced

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